Orphaned by distance but filial to a photo--
Graph postmarked overseas, thus did i begin,
My wellkept biyhood in atidy house a cozy house;
Seven rooms grandfathered by a hoary ghost
Conjured up by my mother and two maiden aunts;
Thus did i begin in a wee-kept house a manless house
Where night i would say "Our Father" to a bleeding
Wall,hallowing his name in a house of women;
The void now filled by Fathers from no longer
Looming tall the way I used to image him,
This new man come to carve new covenant from old
So I utter Abba in my utter need
To bridge a gap no longer of geography but love.
Graph postmarked overseas, thus did i begin,
My wellkept biyhood in atidy house a cozy house;
Seven rooms grandfathered by a hoary ghost
Conjured up by my mother and two maiden aunts;
Thus did i begin in a wee-kept house a manless house
Where night i would say "Our Father" to a bleeding
Wall,hallowing his name in a house of women;
The void now filled by Fathers from no longer
Looming tall the way I used to image him,
This new man come to carve new covenant from old
So I utter Abba in my utter need
To bridge a gap no longer of geography but love.
what was the poem about?
ReplyDeletei mean what would be the message on it?
i didn't get it.
deep as sea=P
ReplyDeletewhat is the maining of this poem? to whom it may addressed?
ReplyDeleteFederico Espino a Palanca awardee passed away last April 2011. He was the uncle of a friend. He lost contact of reality and was seen roaming the streets of their neighborhood in Pasig, just like a scavenger - "taong grasa"! He was a genius, his works were deep and hard to grasp by ordinary minds. He was immersed in his "own" world. An incredible talent wasted. May he rest in eternal peace.....
ReplyDeletemaari po bang makuha ang pisikal o e-mail address ng kanyang mga kamag-anak (literary heir) para humingi ng permiso na gamitin ang isa sa kanyang mga artikulo.
Deletegrace.guerrero@cebookshop.com
c&e publishing, inc.
Nais ko pong malaman kung saan nakatira si G. Federico Licsi Espino sa Pasig. Maaari ko bang makontak ang iyong kaibigan na pamangkin ni G. Espino.
ReplyDeleteMaraming salamat.
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Deletethe poem awakens something asleep inside us...so easy to identify with yet profound in it's simplicity!
ReplyDeletePWEDEE PO BANG MALAMAN ANG ANALYSIS NETO KAILANGAN LANG PO
ReplyDeleteAno pong analysis neto? ASAP
ReplyDeleteAnalysis of this poem please.
ReplyDeleteAno po yung writing style ni Federico Lisci Espino Jr.? Patulong naman po.Thank you
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